The man beaten by Ms Badenoch in the final ballot of Conservative members is understood to have been offered the shadow justice role. He served as immigration minister, health minister, housing secretary and Treasury secretary under successive prime ministers.

The Conservative Party's new leader Kemi Badenoch is expected to name her shadow cabinet over the course of the day, and has has named Nigel Huddlestone and Lord Dominic Johnson as joint Chairmen. They joined reporting to Ms Badenoch this morning at CCHQ.

The winner of the Conservative leadership contest is set to be announced on Saturday after months of campaigning.

The first Black woman to lead a major U.K. political party, Kemi Badenoch is an upbeat and outspoken libertarian who thinks the British state is broken and she is the one to fix it.

A staunch partisan for Israel, Badenoch has denounced pro-Palestinian protesters as 'protesting against Jews under the guise of attacking Israel'

Ms. Badenoch’s ascent is partly the result of a deliberate diversifying of the party under David Cameron in the 2000s. In her politics, she exemplifies its more recent rightward turn.

Kemi Badenoch is chairing her first meeting of the shadow cabinet as leader this morning. We had been expecting to find out who will actually be turning up at some p

In her victory speech, Badenoch described her first tasks as ‘tough but simple’ – we’d argue they’re tough and extremely challenging.

At the start of the weekend there was an outburst of rejoicing among Tory activists - not something they have been accustomed to in recent years. A single opinion poll suggested the Conservatives are now in the lead.